The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-08-23
some LIVE QUESTIONS
Of The Day. Henry George,
The Knights Of Labor and
the Fresh Air" Panel.
Special to the Herald.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Aug. ~, 'S7.-Onc OF
the objects OF three years sojourn in
Chicago, has been the study Of relig-
ous, social, and political problems
which appeal to the present age for
solution. All the pulpits in the van of
free thought have been studied till
their teachings are pretty well under
stood. Not until recently did the op-
pcrtunity for studying the social prob
lem in Its new and heterodox aspect
present itself. A pleasant, intelligent
English family, consisting Of well
preserved man OF sixty, engaged in the
manufacture Of machinery for utiliz.
ing electricity, and his wife, invited
the writer to the "Land and Labor
Club" an exponent of the ideas advo-
Gated by Henry George. The club
room is u small apartment in the
Grand Pacific, one Of the largest ho-
tells in the city. The asse Nbly was
small, consisting of men and women,
not numbering over twenty members
altogether. They were well dressed,
and their intelligence was proved by
writings and extemporancous address
es. The president read a paper Warm-
ly advocating the views Of Henry
George, which seem to be to declare
all land public domain, to be tented
directly from the government, the rent
answering to the present tax, and to
be used for public improvements. The
surplus gained by the production of
the land whatever that may be, to re-
main in the pockets of tho producer
instead of going to enrich Como inter-
mediate man who holds title to the
land
A reply to the paper was mado by
the Grand Master Of the Knights Of
Labor. AS lie is leader in socialistic
circles in Chicago, description of his
personal appearance may interest the
reader. He is an Englishman, five feet
in height and muscular as a typical
Hercules. His life of labor as brass
finisher in the machine shops of the
Illinois Central Ry., has prevented the
excessive development of the abdomi-
nal region, characteristic of the beef
eaters" as a nation. lie is some forty
years of age with plentiful supply of
dark hair showing the first lines of
grey, covering well shaped head. His
round face displays moustache which
covers his mouth, pair of kindly
bright eyes, surmountcd by rnoder-
ately high, but quito broad and well
shaped forehead. Ills Phraseology
betrayed his English origin and the
limited education OF early lie cor
rected as far as possible by the after
education which every thinker ac-
quires for himself. In sply to the
proposition that Henry Georges
views OF social economy, and remedy
proposed, was the philosophers stone
that could put gold into the pockets
of the people, he suggested that they
and other organizations were taking
narrow views in supposine that the
righting of some one social grievance
would be sufficient to correct the
present condition of affairs in which
the rich were growing richer and the
poor, poorer year by year. That
there were other questions, of finance,
the philosophers stone of the Green
back party, of the means of transpor-
tation, communication, ETC., that
needed the careful consideration of
those trying to solve the social prob
lem. The Knights of Labor were
trying to weigh them all without
giving undue prominence to any.
A lady, teacher in one of the public
schools. read short but well written
article raising the question as to wheth-
or people were educated to point
where they could be trusted with so
much power as the radical changes
proposed would throw into their
hands.
After the meeting adjourned knots
gathered in different parts of the
room ventilsting their opinions and